Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
Detective Story has generally received positive reviews.
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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Mar 1960
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Detective Story was released in 1951 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 50 reviews, giving Detective Story (1951) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 83%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 77%.
With a score of 73%, Detective Story is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1951, which stands at 60%.
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